Poland in Iraq

Legalisation is a certification that the document has been issued by a proper office - my means of legalisation the consul certifies the authenticity of a signature and stamp/seal of a foreign official. This allows you to use a foreign official document in Poland.

Legalisation applies to states non-members of the Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents of 5 October 1961 (Journal of Laws of 2005, no. 112, item 938).

The Polish consul in Erbil legalises documents issued in Iraq.

Please note! The consul can only legalise originals and official copies of documents. Photocopies and computer printouts cannot be legalised. The documents must be authenticated by the competent local authority before you present them to the consul i.e. by the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs (with legalisation offices open in few provincial cities including those in the Kurdistan Region: Erbil & Sulaymaneyah). 

The consul will refuse to legalise documents without prior superlegalisation.

In order to book an appointment in the Consulate please send an erbil.consul@msz.gov.pl. 

The fee is 40 USD per stamped document. Accepted form of payment: cash. 

If a foreign authority requires legalisation of a Polish document, please read the information available on Polish MFA website.